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GHSA-5GPH-5GJX-7RG9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-04 09:31 – Updated: 2026-09-04 09:31

Details

The ACPT (Premium) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.66. This is due to missing authorization in the submit() function, which allows unauthenticated form submissions to control the target user ID before calling wp_update_user(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to overwrite any WordPress user's email address and password, including an administrator's, and take over the account. Successful exploitation requires a public ACPT user form that permits anonymous submissions.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-15354 (GCVE-0-2026-15354)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-04 06:40 – Updated: 2026-09-04 18:36

Title

ACPT (Premium) <= 2.0.66 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via 'acpt_form_post_id' Parameter

Summary

The ACPT (Premium) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.66. This is due to missing authorization in the `submit()` function, which allows unauthenticated form submissions to control the target user ID before calling `wp_update_user()`. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to overwrite any WordPress user's email address and password, including an administrator's, and take over the account. Successful exploitation requires a public ACPT user form that permits anonymous submissions.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-09-04 18:36 UTC

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

Wordfence mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://acpt.io/changelog/

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Mauro Cassani	ACPT (Premium)	Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.0.66 (semver)

Credits

d.v4n_s3c

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